The Senior Leader Perspective article " Assuring the USAF Core Missions in the Information Age" in the current Air and Space Power Journal is co-authored by AFIT alum, Col William D. Bryant, Master of Space Systems, 2006, Distinguished Graduate

Colonel Bryant (USAFA MA, American Military University MA, George Washington University MSS [Master of Space Systems], Air Force Institute of Technology MAAS [Master of Airpower Art and Science], PhD, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies MSS [Master of Strategic Studies], Air War College) is the deputy director, Task Force Cyber Secure for the Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, DC. A career fighter pilot and strategist, he has served in numerous operational and staff assignments.